Knife rack for silverware chests



Dec. 10,1946. i v1 MAXIM KNIF RACK FOR SILVERWARE CHESTS Filed May so', .1945

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Patented Bec. 10,` 194 UNITED STATES PATENT oFFlcE 2,412,410 KNIFE RACK FOR SILVERWAR ofH'Es'rs Lloyd Maxim, Leominsten'Mass. application May so, 1945, serial' No. 596,646

3 Claims. (Cl. 206;'75)

This invention relates to knife racks for silvern ware or cutlery chests, and the principal purpose of the invention is to provide an improved knife rack made of inexpensive and readily available materials and formed by simple and rapid operations, yet affording a neat and attractive display holder in which the knives may be conveniently inserted or removed without injuring the exposed face of the holder which preferably has cut-out windows exposing portions of the knife blades to the view of the observer.

The display rack is intended to be suitably mounted in the cover of a chest containing a set of silverware or table cutlery, and may be made of a size and shape to lit the chest cover in which itis to be secured.

A recommended embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a view of a felt-covered, cardboard blank used in forming the improved display rack, a portion of the covering being broken away;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary plan view on a scale larger than that of Fig. l, of a cardboard filler piece forming part of the formed rack;

Fig. 3 is a face view of the completed rack, showing a knife mounted for display in one of its pockets; and

Fig. 4 is a transverse section, on the scale of Fig. 2, taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

The improved rack or holder is preferably fashioned from cardboard or other inexpensive and flexible sheet material, and the body sheet is provided with a covering of felt, plush or other textile fabric which lends a pleasing appearance to the exposed side of the display rack. A plain filler sheet of cardboard or the like suitably slotted to provide pockets for the knife blades is interleaved with the folded body sheet and preferably cemented in position, and the assembly of the two elements may be rapidly accomplished by a minimum of operations performed by hand or by suitable machines.

As shown in Fig. 1, the body sheet or blank I I is of rectangular form and consists of a cardboard layer I2 and a felt or plush cover layer I3 ce mented or laminated to the cardboard, as by passing the two layers between pressure rolls. The cement or other adhesive between the two layers is indicated by the partial stippling on the figure, and the lines on which the blank is subsequently folded are indicated by broken lines thereon. The fold lines are preferably scoredon the back of the cardboard layer, to ensure an even fold.

The scored lines del-lne a top flap Ill, a front section I5, a rear section I6, and an intermediate or windowefacing panel Il, of the completed article. Each section is rectangular, and the sections l5, I6 and I'l are of approximately the same size.

Prior to folding, the front section I5 and the fold line between said face and the flap I4, are apertured by suitable dies to provide Window openings I8 in the front face and blade-receiving openings I9 spaced along said fold.

A filler sheet 2E! is also provided. As shown in Fig. 2, this cardboard sheet has slots 2l which provide pockets for the knife blades inserted in the completed display holder, the pocket slots being died out by machine or cut out by hand. The length of the filler 2B corresponds to that of the body sheet and its width is slightly less than that of the front section l5. so ythat the filler will t between the folds at the top and bottom of that section when the parts are assembled.

In forming the complete display rack, the ller sheet 20 is preferably cemented to the rear Side of the front section I5 with the pockets 2l behind the respective sets of windows I8. 'I'he panel Il' is then folded onto the back section I6 with the felt-covered surface exposed, and the opposed cardboard surfaces may be cemented together, if desired. The face or front section l5 and the filler sheet are folded onto the panel Il; and the flap I4 is nally folded over the upper edge of the filler sheet and over the fold 22 between sections I and Il, and cemented or otherwise fastened to the rear section I6 at the back of the assembled rack.

The completed knife rack thus provides a relatively flat, light weight and inexpensive holder adapted to receive and display a set of table knives the blades of which are inserted through the openings I9 along the top edge of the holder and into the pockets 2| of the ller sheet 2E) where they are supported in parallel alignment without danger of cutting or defacing the exterior of the rack. The outer surface of the holder and the surface portions of the panel Il which are exposed through the windows I8 and holes I9 (when the knives are removed) are covered with the layer I5 of felt or the like which may be colored to harmonize or contrast with the lining of the chest in which the rack is mounted as aforesaid.

I claim:

l. A knife rack of the character described, comprising a sheet of flexible material folded tion, an intermediate panel and a, top flap, and

a ller sheet interposed between the. front sec-` tion and said panel, the flap being folded over the upper edges of the panel and fastened to the back of the rack, said nap having openings spaced along its fold, the ller sheet having slots providing pockets for knife blades inserted through the respective openings, and the front section having front side of said panel.

window openings therethrough for exposing portions of the blades in said pockets.

3. A knife rack of the character described, comprising a sheet of flexible material folded upon itself to provide a front section, a rear section, an intermediate panel and a ltop ilap, and

a iiller sheet interposed between the front sec'- tion and said panel, the flap being foldedrover the upper edges of the panel and fastened to the back of the rack, said ilap having openings spacedV along its fold, the filler sheet having slots providing pockets for knife blades inserted through the respectivevopenings, and the front section I havingvwindow openings therethrough for exposing portions of the blades in said pockets, and a textile covering adhesively applied to the outer surfaces of the front and rear sections and the LLOYD MAXIM. 

